Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-12-03
ANOTHER NEW STORE
POSSIBLY THE PRETrIEsT IN THE
STATE OF TENNEscEE
Richard w. Glenn Unveils his Beautiful
New Fancy Grocery and Invites
Public Patronage.

provemeuts within the past three
months, all Of which the people gen
orally are exceedingly proud. Among
the many pretty stores and bull dings
that the CHRONICLE has written up
recently, Fnone of them take the
lead of the beautiful grocery sic:e
just opened by Mr.. r.. w. Glenn, on
Franklin street, adjacent to the
Bloch Bros, Lockert & Reynolds,
II. w. Roach & Bro, and other large
new and elegant houses.
GLENN's BUILDING
is three story brick, iron and glass
structure twenty-five by one hun
dred and two feet in the clear and
has q full length cellar and a
basement The house Is erected on
the most modern plan with elevators
and all other fixed commodities suit
able to the business that Mr.. Glenn
has adapted tito. The massive sky
lights, the plate glass front and the
large windows at the rear furnish the
most superb light Imaginable. The
fixtures are made of cherry and con-
trast beautifully throughout the store.
The counters, shelving bins, racks
and other furniture are of the finest
quality and very superior in design.
All kinds of new devices for hand
ling and dealing out coods and
wares are to be found in the store,
and upon the whole, 1t is one of the
most elegant establishments i'm the
South. The first floor contains
every kind of necessity and luxury
to be fonnd in The best groceries in
the largest cities. 1t has variegated
assortment Of canned goods including
fruits, vegetables, pickles, oysters,
berries and the finest French pro-
ducts. There is also coffees. and teas
without limit, the finest of new crop
New Orleans sugar and molases,
cramberries, tropical fruits, oranges,
lemons, pine apples, cocanuts, al
monds English walnuts, and in fact
every spicies of the finest and rarest
nuts. CONNECTIONS in candies, cakes,
crackers toilet and household
soaps, and hundreds of other
thi 4gs suitable for the coming, holt
days are to be found in the shelves
and the bins of this handsome store.
THE SECOND FLOOR
is adapted to baled hay, corn, oats
and other kinds of feed, also lime,
cement, nails and other heavy articles
| that their nature requires to keep dry.
| This floor is a gem of itself as every
thing on it is well regulated, and
most excellently kept, The cellar
and basement is stored with sugar,
molasses and other heavy standard
goods such as are necessary to make
a complete and we'll regulated gro
Gerry. In these departments the
| goods are placed upon racks in order
4 to protect them from damage by
| anything that is detrimental to their
lying in stock for an unlimited time
for it is well known fact that there
are seasons of the year when thing;
of all kind are dull in merchandise
i WHAT MR.. GLENN SAYS:
"Little Dick,' as this enterpfisine
gentlemen is Familiarity known ir
GAINESVILLE says that he appears as q
new horse in the business arena with
the intention not to be out done, un.
dersold or to be rivaled by anybody
That he only asks the people Of
GAINESVILLE and the country for one
hundred miles around to call and
see his store and his fine stock, and
that he feels able to convince the
most skepticle persons that he is son
top in his line and expects to stay
there through thick and thin He
most cordially invites the people who
live along the Princeton branch o.
the Louisville and Nashville railway
| to visit his house when they come t
GAINESVILLE when he and his compe
tent corps of statesmen will endeavo
to their fullest capacity to make then
perfectly at home and trade will
them fair, square and satisfactorially
Authorized parties, acting in Off
cial capacity inthis house are Mr.. n
w. Glenn, proprietor; James L
Glenn, Jr., and Mr.. Gilmore Traherl
: of Lafayette KY, and Norvin Stee
is the delivery driver. In day o
two Mr.. Glenn proposes putting on
the streets of GAINESVILLE, the fines
delivery team in this part Of tn
State.
Regular meeting of GAINESVILLE Lodge, N,
| 81 Masonsl next Manday nieht nj o'clocl